ATLAS podcast 1-1

In this episode Dr. Ziene Mottiar, TU Dublin discusses everything to do with the findings and analysis/discussion chapters with Dr. Corne Dijkmans, Senior Researcher Breda University of Applied Science. We disccuss how these chapters are different from eachother, how do you ensure you are analyzing deeply enough, how do you identify themes from your data and much, much more!

In this short introduction to the series Dr. Ziene Mottiar outlines the purpose and format of the series and how it will be beneficial for you as a Dissertation or Thesis student. You can contact me at ziene.mottiar@tudublin.ie and you can learn more about ATLAS as this link https://atlas-euro.org/

In this episode the focus is on how do you select a topic to focus on for your dissertation or thesis research. Dr. Ziene Mottiar, TU Dublin is discussing this topic with Dr. Jim Butcher, Canterbury Christ Church University and we talk about lots of useful techniques you might use to help generate some interesting ideas.

In this episode Dr. Ziene Mottiar, TU Dublin, discusses all things research methodology with Professor Melanie Smith, Budapest Business School. This discussion will help you think about the most appropriate methods to use for your research and how to devise strong research tools.

One of the last things students do when writing their dissertation or thesis is to write the introduction and conclusion chapters. In this episode Dr. Ziene Mottiar, TU Dublin talks to Dr. Julia Albrecht, Associate Professor in University of Otago about what to include in the introduction and conclusion chapters, why we write the introduction chapter last (!) and how to tie your whole document together.

In this episode Dr. Ziene Mottiar, TU Dublin talks to Prof. Chin E Ong, Macau Institute for Tourism about the all important Literature Review chapter in a dissertation dealing with issues such as where do you start to find literature, how do you analyze and how should you write this chapter.

In this episode Dr. Ziene Mottiar interviews Dr. Bernadette Quinn, TU Dublin about how to develop your ideas about your dissertation research topic and start thinking about a research question and objectives

In this pilot episode of the ATLAS podcast your host Ziene Mottiar talks to Daniel Binder (chair of the 2023 conference), Mo Khogali (participant at the PhD seminar), Melanie Smith (participant and workshop chair) and Tara Duncan (chairperson of ATLAS) and asks them to reflect on the conference. This episode will be of interest to those who attended the conference as it reflects back on the learnings and experiences from the event, but also for those who weren't able to make the conference it gives you an insight to some of the issues and debates that took place.